Shatter Board backs water agency on zones of benefit
The Shafter Wasco Irrigation District supports Kern County Water Agency policy excluding federal water areas from the zone of benefit while Bakersfield Chamber favors inclusion. Diltz reports the zone would raise taxes to fund Feather River water delivery and ditches, adding to current assessments.
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Shatter Board
Water Agency
Kern County Water Agency
Bakersfield
Diltz
Shafter-Wasco
The
Feather River
Shafter- Wasco
State Water Act
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District
Shafter
Frank Wisner
Shafter Chamber of Commerce
Killed In Collision Of Autos In Kern County
Grady Mack 55 of Shafter was killed Saturday after his car was struck by Shirle Penner 19. W C Daniels 24 of Shafter drove Mack’s car. Penner and passenger Donna Penner 16 had minor injuries. The crash occurred at Wasco and Riverside Avenues as Mack’s license was expired. funeral planned. Mack was a World War II veteran.
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Grady Mack
Route 1
Box 281
Shafter
Shirle Lee Penner
Dewitte Camp
Mack
W. C. Daniels
Wasco Avenue
Riverside Avenue
California Highway Patrol
North Kern Hospital
Daniels, Penner
Donna Penner
Penner
Veteran’s Administration
Agee Family Funeral Home
Gro Pack Carrot Firm Eyes Move to Minter Field Building
Pat Kelly told the Chamber of Commerce board that Gro Pack plans to move to the Minter Field building, former home of L A Camp Co. Supervisors will discuss rental at Tuesday’s meeting, with favorable action anticipated. The firm expects to hire about 80 women for nearly year-round work.
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Pat Kelly
Chamber of Commerce Board
Board of Supervisors
Gro-Pack Company
Minter Field
L. A. Camp Co
Kelly
Missionary speaks at First Baptist on Ivory Coast work
The Rev. James Halbert will speak at First Baptist Church at 350 Pine Street Shafter on Sunday August 16 at 10 50 am and 7 pm about his Bible classes in Korhogo Ivory Coast where French unites tribes. Halbert trained at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and Whitworth College before missionary work with Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivory Coast
James Halbert
First Baptist Church
Pine Street
Shafter
Halbert
Korhogo
Baptist Foreign Mission Society
Wheaton
Illinois
The
Bible Institute
Los Angeles
Whitworth College
Spokane
Wash
United States
Pat Kelly Appointed Counselor By Rotary Leader
President Pettengill named H W Pat Kelly as Counselor for 1964 65 Rotary year. Kelly will lead Rotary Institutes. first District 524 Institute was August 1 in Santa Barbara with 110 attendees. A second meeting August 8 in Porterville drew 85 from Valley clubs in Kings Tulare and Kern counties. Kelly’s credentials include district governor 1947 48 and past president roles in Shafter Visalia and Bakersfield clubs.
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Charles Pettengill
Rotary International
H. W
Pat) Kelly
Rotary
Kelly
Santa Barbara
San Luis Obispo
Ventura Counties
Porterville
Valley Rotary Clubs
Kings
Tulare
Kern
Shafter Club
Tom Leigh
Pettengill
Shafter Rotary Club
Visalia
Bakersfield
Two Cars Stolen in Shafter and One Abandoned
Thieves stole two cars in Shafter during the night of July 5 and left one behind. A 1962 Pontiac owned by Romero Espericuta at 639 Pacific and a 1964 Dodge owned by C. H. Ogle at 242 Cross were taken. One vehicle was found on Lerdo Road east of 99 and another in Oildale. A pickup tied to an Oildale address was abandoned at the Ogle residence when the Ogle car was stolen.
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Shafter
Romero Espericuta
Pacific
C. H. Ogle
Lerdo
Oildale
Ogle
Fire east of Friant Kern Canal sparked by lightning
The County Fire Department reported a fire east of Friant Kern Canal and one quarter mile south of Merced on August 6. Lightning struck an electric pole owned by P G and E. The fire had involved two poles by the time trucks arrived.
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Friant- Kern Canal
Merced
Thomson Named On Committee
Leonard Thomson Republican candidate for State Assembly District 29 was elected to the executive committee of the State Republican Committee at a Sacramento caucus. He attended with Kern County Central Committee chair George Lusich and sat with California caucus members alongside William Knowland.
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Leonard Thomson
State Assembly
State
Republican Committee
Sacramento
Gaylord Parkinson
San Diego
Thomson
California
George Lusich
Kern County Central Committee
Charles Conrad
Assembly
Los Angeles
John McCarthy
Marin County
State Senate
California Caucus
William Knowland
Goldwater
Jud Leetham
William Park
Cameron Paulden
Kenneth Koether
Virginia Brock
Ysabel Forker
Premium Books Distributed for 1964 Kern County Fair
The 3 200 premium books for the 1964 Kern County Fair were mailed. The 195 page master book covers exhibits and rules across divisions such as agriculture home economics art bees and honey ceramics education floriculture lapidary minerals mining poultry rabbits and livestock. Key events include the Junior Livestock Auction and specific sale dates October 2 3 for hogs sheep spring heifers and beef cattle. Total premium money of 66 252 is offered to exhibitors.
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Kern County
Cy Allen
District Agricultural Association
Allen
Market Burglary Reported at Ranch Market
The Ranch Market reported to the Sheriff's office at 6 28 a m Sunday that the store was burglarized after closing Saturday night. Missing items include cigarettes and children's blue jeans.
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Ranch Market
Sheriff's Office
Kuchel Seeks Constitutional Amendment on Apportionment
U S Senator Thomas H Kuchel of California urged an amendment to the Constitution to nullify the Supreme Court ruling. He argued that qualified voters in each state should decide how representation in state legislatures is allocated despite the court's decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
U. S
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Highest Tribunal
Adventists Celebrate 50th Year in Shafter
Shafter's Seventh-day Adventist Church marks its Golden Anniversary with events on September 4 and 5 at Lerdo Highway and Poplar Avenue. The observance honors the church's founders and firsts, notes 1914 organization by six families led by Carl Wagoner and P. J. Buller as first elder, and mentions Kern Academy school a mile south on Poplar Avenue.
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Shafter
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Lerdo Highway
Poplar Avenue
Carl Wagoner
C. C. Duerksen
Jake Duerksen
Henry Heinrich
Sol Sinner
Grandpa Sinner
P. J. Buller
Kern Academy
Shafter Public Utility District Meeting Reviews Plant Repairs
The Shafter Public Utility District board met briefly and adjourned after a tour of the city sewage plant clarifier, now sand blasted and painted. They paid a $2776 bill to California Tank and Steel for repairs and ordered parts for the plant filter. Director Larson urged chlorine use in water, bids were requested for City Hall painting and partitions, and $150 was approved for a voice writer owned with the City.
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Shafter Public Utility District Board
Public Works
Lewis Carroll
California Tank and Steel Co
Carroll
Larson
William Johnston
New Pastors Lead Shafter Mexican Baptist Church
Rev. and Mrs. Pablo Jiminez and family, now in Visalia, have the pastorate of the Mexican Baptist church in Shafter. The Gevaras, from San Jose, Costa Rica, also moved to lead the church. They bring 20 years of Baptist ministry and studied in Costa Rica and Morelia. The couple attended the Southern California convention in Los Angeles with their three children Elioniay 9, Greteo 8, and Anudari.
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Pablo Jiminez
Alex
Anna Marie Palacios
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Visalia
Jiminez
Mexican Baptist Church
Louis Gevara
San Jose
Costa Rica
Shafter Mexican Baptist Church
Morelia
Gevara
Southern California
Los Angeles
Igelsia Bautista
South
Toberman
Ester Chavez
Eva Rodriguez
Beulah Cota
Women's Society
Gevaras
Elioniay
Ein Greteo
Anudari
Heart Diseases Program At St Therese Hall Thursday
A program on heart diseases will be held at St Therese's Hall Thursday evening at 8 p.m. sponsored by Kern County Health Department. The department invites the public to attend as much interesting information will be discussed.
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St. Therese’s Hall
Kern County Health Det
Isotopes to Trace Water Loss in FriantKern Canal
The Bureau reports over 500000 acre feet of water diverted in July to California’s Central Valley. Isotopic tests will inject minute amounts into four canal reaches to measure seepage losses, aiding water conservation and planning.
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Bureau of Reclamation
California
Central Valley
Friant-Kern Canal
Robert J. Pafford, Jr
Bureau
Denver
The
Atomic Energy Commission
West Fitrell and locals share travel tales and fishing plans
West Fitrell notes Shafter banker Cliff Adams flew to the Imperial Valley Casa Grande and Phoenix for weekend travel. Pat Kelly, longtime resident, also mixes up directions. Kiwanis members prepare for their annual fishing trip this week and promise to toss back any undersized catches with two helpers.
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West Fitrell
Shafter
Cliff Adams
Imperial Valley
Casa Grande
Phoenix
Taxpayer Combines Taxes and Pups in Letter to Shafter Press
A reader jokes about the burden of numerous taxes and licenses, claiming laws and family pressures empty his bank account until a miracle allows sending a check. Stanford student Morey McDaniel filed with the Public Utilities Commission to stop telephone solicitations and seeks compensation from the telephone company.
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Shafter Press
The
Red Cross
Black Cross
Purple Cross
Double Cross
Stanford
Morey McDaniel
Public Utilities Commission
Kern Chapter of American Institute of Banking Elects Officers for 1964 65
Preidens of Bank of America Shafter was elected president for 1964 65 term. Officers include Bob Morris and Irving Rashoff as vice presidents Ed Kuntz treasurer and Elsie Herron secretary. Board members include Jim Dowlan Norman Longley Greg Rimmer Wanda Straub C E Smith Dan Courtney Audra Kinney Bill Hunter Ruth Pitchford and others. The group participates in the 30th Regional Conference District VII in San Jose.
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Bby Preidens
Bill Maytubby
Bank of America
Shafter
Kern
American Institute of Banking
Bob Morris
Security First National Bank
Irving Raschoff
United California Bank
Ed Kuntz
Greenfield State Bank
Elsie Herron
Jim Dowlan
Morris Plan of California
Norman Longley
Greg Rimmer
Community National Bank
Wanda Straub
C. E. Smith
Crocker-Citizens National Bank
Dan Courtney
Karen McCuen
Doug Starr
Audra Kinney
Crocker
Citizens National Bank
Bill Hunter
Elva Moody
First Western Bank
E. R. Miranda
Louise Latham
Joan Francis
Ruth Pitchford
America
San Jose
Irv Rashoff
Crocker Citizens National Bank
Norm Longley
Kiwanis Fishing Trip Sets Out From Garratz
The Kiwanis Club held its annual fishing trip on Wednesday August 12, leaving Garratz Motor Company at 5 a.m. A noon round-table at Memorial Hall accommodated non-fishermen and out-of-town make-ups.
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Shafter Kiwanis Club
Garratz Motor Company
Memorial Hall
Shafter Considers Containerized Garbage Pickup Upgrade
The City of Shafter weighs purchasing a new garbage truck with containerized handling versus an ordinary loading system. A containerized setup costs 157.50 to 500 and fits hand built containers. Council viewed slides of container use in other cities and asked City Attorney Mor timer about enforcing the garbage ordinance and potential complaints. Carroll was authorized to survey local business interests on container adoption.
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Shafter
Monda
al Mortimer
Carroll
Part-time Playground Supervisors Sought at Richland School
Richland School seeks part-time playground supervisors to cover the noon hour for grades 1-8 and morning before school for kindergarten. Applicants need high moral standards and a genuine interest in children, with the ability to supervise multiple students at play.
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Richland School
Small World Story From Local People
Mr and Mrs Cliff Adams found a billfold at Pismo Beach and mailed it to Kenneth Ratzlaff in Sebastopol. Grace Ratzlaff thanked them for returning her son's wallet containing selective service and social security cards. The note mentions a sister living on Thomas Lane in Shafter.
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Cliff Adams
Pismo Beach
Adams
Kenneth Ratzlaff
Sebastopol
Grace Ratzlaff
Ken
Ratzlaff
Jaff
Shafter
Thomas Lane
Lawrence Subriar
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Kuchel
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P. P. Isaac
William C. Neuman
Pete Gaede
Faulkner
Delta-Mendota Canal
Friant-Kern
Madera Canal
Putah South Canal
Contra Costa Canal
Millerton
Millerton Lake
California Bureau of Radiological Health
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A. Taxpayer
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PUC
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